New England Colonies
Once a town's size reached this many families the people were required to build a school.
What is 50?
What other colony was originally part of New York?
What is New Jersey?
What was a nickname for the Middle colonies because it grew so much grain?
What is the breadbasket colonies?
Which southern colony was home to the first permanent English settlement in America and what was that settlement called?
What is Virginia was home to the first English settlement of Jamestown.
They majority of slaves worked as what? Describe their life.
What is most slaves were fieldhands who worked from sunrise to sunset, planting, picking and processing crops. They lived in cramped houses with about 10 others. They received clothing only once a year and food monthly.
Give 2 reasons why large scale farming was not possible in the New England colonies .
What is the soil was too rocky and the growing season too short.
Who originally founded New York and what did they call this area?
What is the Dutch founded New York and they called it New Amsterdam.
Name the two rivers used to transport goods in the Middle Colonies.
What is the Hudson and Delaware rivers?
What two Southern colonies began as one but were later separated into two?
What is North and South Carolina?
What was "Hiring and Heartbreak Day" and why did the slaves fear it so much?
What is "Hiring and Heartbreak Day was a day usually early in January that slaves could be rented out to other owners. Slaves feared it because families could be broken up.
Describe the decision making process in the New England colonies, where were the decisions made, who could vote and why?
What is decisions were made at town meetings where only landowners could vote. Since women were not allowed to own land, only men voted.
Who owned Pennsylvania and what was its nickname originally?
What is William Penn owned Pennsylvania and called it Penn's Woods.
What were the two main ports of global trade in the Middle colonies?
What is Philadelphia and New York.
Tobacco was grown mainly in what Southern colony?
What is North Carolina?
What is an indentured servant?
What is an indentured servant is someone who agrees voluntarily to work for another person for a set number of years usually 4-7 in exchange for food shelter and transportation.
I was founded by 2 different sets of people, what colony am I and name the 2 sets of people.
What is I am Massachusetts and the Pilgrims and Puritans founded me.
Name the royal person gifted NJ to his two friends ___________ & _________________
What is James II gifted NJ to his friends Carteret and Berkeley?
Name the two types of animal furs the colonists traded with Native Americans in the Middle colonies.
What is beaver and deer skin fur.
Georgia was set up as a military buffer zone to protect the Carolina's from _____________ who were in _____________.
What is Georgia was set up as a military buffer zone to protect the Carolina's from the Spanish in Florida?
Name the 5 cash crops grown in the Southern colonies.
What are rice, indigo, cotton, tobacco and sugarcane.
I am the countries oldest university, what is my name and in what colony was I established?
What is I am Harvard and I was established in Massachusetts.
How are Pennsylvania, Maryland and Massachusetts the similar in terms of why they were established?
What is all three were established for religious freedom.
Why were the Middle colonies nicknamed "The Melting Pot"?
What is the Middle colonies were nicknamed "The Melting Pot" because the population consisted of so many people of different nationalities and religions all getting along together.
Wealthy plantation owners were at the top of Southern Society, what 3 aspects of culture did they control in the Southern colonies?
What is wealthy plantation owners controlled the economy, politics and social life in the Southern colonies?
What does the term "Freedom Dues" refer to?
What is "Freedom Dues" refers to a small amount of clothing, money or land an indentured servant “may” be provided with upon completion of the term of service.